Information
Name：Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
Area：South America
Country：Ecuador
Registered Year：1999
Type：Cultural Heritage
Criteria：(iii)(v)(vi)
See description of criteria
Brief Description：
Santa Ana de los R?os de Cuenca is set in a valley surrounded by the Andean mountains in the south of Ecuador. This inland colonial town (entroterra), now the country's third city, was founded in 1557 on the rigorous planning guidelines issued 30 years earlier by the Spanish king Charles V. Cuenca still observes the formal orthogonal town plan that it has respected for 400 years. One of the region's agricultural and administrative centres, it has been a melting pot for local and immigrant populations. Cuenca's architecture, much of which dates from the 18th century, was 'modernized' in the economic prosperity of the 19th century as the city became a major exporter of quinine, straw hats and other products.
Search Result by Google
|
Search result
|
Map
Comment
Image/Moive search result
|
Image and Movie Result
|